Devices
word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language
figurative language
comparison using like, as, or than
simile
words that sound as the noises they describe
onomatopoeia
elements of poetry that give poems a musical quality
sound devices
I've heard this song a million times
hyperbole
great exaggeration
hyperbole
the speaker of the poem
voice
alliteration
musical quality created by pattern of beats in a series of stressed and unstressed syllables
rhythm
"Truth is like a bright flame."
Simile
giving human-like qualities to things that are not human
personification
the attitude the speaker takes towards the poem
tone
the repetition of similar sounds WITHIN a line of poetry
internal rhyme
The stars threw down their spears
And water earth with their tears
Name the 2 literary devices.
Personification
Rhyme
The pans clattered and banged. The tapping of the wooden spoon--tap, tap, tap
onomatopoeia
comparison NOT using like, as, or than
metaphor
the feeling created in the reader by the poem
mood
the repetition of similar sounds at the END of lines of poetry
end rhyme
"The wind whipped and howled outside, rattling the windows and trying to break into the little house"?
Name the 2 literary devices.
alliteration
personification
Silent children sleeping softly in their bedroom bunks
alliteration
allusion
language that appeals to the five senses
imagery
a repeated regular pattern of rhymes usually found at the ends of lines of a poem
rhyme scheme
"I dreamed a dream next Tuesday week,/Beneath the apple-trees; I thought my eyes were big pork-pies,/And my nose was Stilton cheese".
Name the 2 literary devices & 1 sound device
alliteration
metaphor
rhyme
O Sea! whose ancient ripples lie on red-ribbed sands where seaweeds shone;
O moon! whose golden sickle's gone,
imagery